San Carlos, Mina

PE / Áncash

•-8.53134, -77.91644View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

San Carlos, Mina is a historic mining site in Ancash, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Slate, Quartzite. Reported specimens include Graphite.

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Graphite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Slate, Quartzite
Orebody form: MANTO

Mining history

Status: Past Producer

Records and references

Cited references

TORRES VARGAS, DAVID; INFORME TECNICO DE LA MINA SAN CARLOS, B.M.P. NOVIEMBRE 1943, COD. B2350. VIGIL B., JUSTO; INFORME TECNICO DE LA MINA SAN CARLOS, B.M.P. NOVIEMBRE 1954, COD. B2908EMPRESA NACIONAL DEL CARBON; INFORME DE LA VISITA A LA CUENCA CARBONIFERA DEL RIO SANTA, B.M.P. JULIO 1974, COD. B2918. BOSC, EMILE; INFORME SOBRE LA ZONA CARBONERA DEL SANTA, B.M.P. DICIEMBRE 1951, COD. B2916FRASER, THOMAS; INFORME SOBRE LA CUENCA CARBONIFERA DEL SANTA, B.M.P. JUN. 1953, COD. B2917SOFREMINES; ESTUDIO DE LA CUENCA DEL SANTA, B.M.P. B3852

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10086789 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -8.53134, -77.91644

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